And like I said earlier, I appreciate you putting this meeting together, this hearing. It is impactful to shine a brighter light on this inequity that every one of you has spoken t...
And it is an equal-treatment issue, to me, very fundamentally and very simplistically.
The way to deal with that unequal treatment is to create resource equity on par with what communities here in the United...
I think it is an excellent panel, and I am here to learn something on which direction legislatively we are going to go.
If that barrier exists--if I may, Ms. Bird--how can the individual, through individual grit, get over that barrier?
I hope that we can resolve some issues surrounding this school, and we can work to ensure that Native students feel safe...
It is our responsibility to uphold a high standard for education, generally; but for Indian education as well.
We want our students, no matter who they are or where they are from, to succeed.
As a former school board member, education is one of the policies I am passionate about.
I hope this administration recognizes that there is an urgency, a bipartisan urgency, to actually fix this.
I think it is also the purview of this Subcommittee to ensure that Indian education is held at a high standard.